diff --git a/ee/app/finders/audit_events/base_audit_event_finder.rb b/ee/app/finders/audit_events/base_audit_event_finder.rb
index f0a2440ea27540cf475b45b8af8bb0ea02ecefd3..32793b995e4d3bff5c1f40241a015e3382218e3f 100644
--- a/ee/app/finders/audit_events/base_audit_event_finder.rb
+++ b/ee/app/finders/audit_events/base_audit_event_finder.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ def by_author(audit_events)
     end
 
     def sort(audit_events)
-      audit_events.order_by(params[:sort], use_created_at: true)
+      use_created_at = params[:pagination] != 'keyset' # Keyset must use ID-only ordering for cursor compatibility
+      audit_events.order_by(params[:sort], use_created_at: use_created_at)
     end
 
     def valid_author_id?
diff --git a/ee/lib/ee/api/groups.rb b/ee/lib/ee/api/groups.rb
index 2eb02e99d9f5ad134661d51d50f1c51f53bb396d..9b0a0bfbc0d2815f99ccbb8e3c7afa3b6dc9605a 100644
--- a/ee/lib/ee/api/groups.rb
+++ b/ee/lib/ee/api/groups.rb
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def check_audit_events_available!(group)
 
           def audit_event_finder_params
             params
-              .slice(:created_after, :created_before)
+              .slice(:created_after, :created_before, :pagination)
               .then { |params| filter_by_author(params) }
           end
 
diff --git a/ee/lib/ee/api/projects.rb b/ee/lib/ee/api/projects.rb
index 2a6ae412ccf44bddbaae6034363bc94aa0419795..3872a4a95b76bd80a492c3c3ae1c4c9a02bbee68 100644
--- a/ee/lib/ee/api/projects.rb
+++ b/ee/lib/ee/api/projects.rb
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def check_audit_events_available!(project)
 
           def audit_event_finder_params
             params
-              .slice(:created_after, :created_before)
+              .slice(:created_after, :created_before, :pagination)
               .then { |params| filter_by_author(params) }
           end
 
diff --git a/ee/spec/finders/audit_events/group_audit_event_finder_spec.rb b/ee/spec/finders/audit_events/group_audit_event_finder_spec.rb
index 07429369fdfed0305733ac695f66a512e3168ad9..cd4af5703ed61b0abfd9ff3979f611ae719cc6c2 100644
--- a/ee/spec/finders/audit_events/group_audit_event_finder_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/finders/audit_events/group_audit_event_finder_spec.rb
@@ -145,6 +145,59 @@
         end
       end
     end
+
+    context 'when using keyset pagination' do
+      let(:params) { { pagination: 'keyset', sort: 'created_desc' } }
+
+      it 'orders by id only, not created_at' do
+        result = finder.execute
+
+        expect(result.to_sql).not_to include('created_at')
+        expect(result.to_sql).to include('ORDER BY')
+        expect(result.to_sql).to include('"group_audit_events"."id" DESC')
+      end
+
+      it 'does not raise error when generating keyset cursor' do
+        result = finder.execute.limit(1)
+
+        expect do
+          Gitlab::Pagination::Keyset::Paginator.new(scope: result).cursor_for_next_page
+        end.not_to raise_error
+      end
+
+      context 'with created_asc sort' do
+        let(:params) { { pagination: 'keyset', sort: 'created_asc' } }
+
+        it 'orders by id asc only' do
+          result = finder.execute
+
+          expect(result.to_sql).not_to include('created_at')
+          expect(result.to_sql).to include('"group_audit_events"."id" ASC')
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when using offset pagination (default)' do
+      let(:params) { { sort: 'created_desc' } }
+
+      it 'orders by created_at and id' do
+        result = finder.execute
+
+        expect(result.to_sql).to include('created_at')
+        expect(result.to_sql).to include('"group_audit_events"."id" DESC')
+      end
+
+      context 'with created_asc sort' do
+        let(:params) { { sort: 'created_asc' } }
+
+        it 'orders by created_at asc and id asc' do
+          result = finder.execute
+
+          expect(result.to_sql).to include('"group_audit_events"."created_at" ASC')
+          expect(result.to_sql).to include('"group_audit_events"."id" ASC')
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#find_by!' do
diff --git a/ee/spec/finders/audit_events/project_audit_event_finder_spec.rb b/ee/spec/finders/audit_events/project_audit_event_finder_spec.rb
index 2e0bfce94dcc957067f6d2947e38444f81385d33..217908bcef0c4c0aad4ec018edd181d7add4a1a0 100644
--- a/ee/spec/finders/audit_events/project_audit_event_finder_spec.rb
+++ b/ee/spec/finders/audit_events/project_audit_event_finder_spec.rb
@@ -146,6 +146,59 @@
       end
     end
 
+    context 'when using keyset pagination' do
+      let(:params) { { pagination: 'keyset', sort: 'created_desc' } }
+
+      it 'orders by id only, not created_at' do
+        result = finder.execute
+
+        expect(result.to_sql).not_to include('created_at')
+        expect(result.to_sql).to include('ORDER BY')
+        expect(result.to_sql).to include('"project_audit_events"."id" DESC')
+      end
+
+      it 'does not raise error when generating keyset cursor' do
+        result = finder.execute.limit(1)
+
+        expect do
+          Gitlab::Pagination::Keyset::Paginator.new(scope: result).cursor_for_next_page
+        end.not_to raise_error
+      end
+
+      context 'with created_asc sort' do
+        let(:params) { { pagination: 'keyset', sort: 'created_asc' } }
+
+        it 'orders by id asc only' do
+          result = finder.execute
+
+          expect(result.to_sql).not_to include('created_at')
+          expect(result.to_sql).to include('"project_audit_events"."id" ASC')
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when using offset pagination (default)' do
+      let(:params) { { sort: 'created_desc' } }
+
+      it 'orders by created_at and id' do
+        result = finder.execute
+
+        expect(result.to_sql).to include('created_at')
+        expect(result.to_sql).to include('"project_audit_events"."id" DESC')
+      end
+
+      context 'with created_asc sort' do
+        let(:params) { { sort: 'created_asc' } }
+
+        it 'orders by created_at asc and id asc' do
+          result = finder.execute
+
+          expect(result.to_sql).to include('"project_audit_events"."created_at" ASC')
+          expect(result.to_sql).to include('"project_audit_events"."id" ASC')
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
     describe 'offset optimization' do
       let_it_be(:pagination_events) do
         create_list(:audit_events_project_audit_event, 5, project_id: project_1.id, created_at: 3.days.ago)